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December 2018

To All The Boys I Loved Before Sequel Is Coming

-The official announcement of the To All The Boys sequel has everything I want: amazing eyeshadow, shipper teasing, Noah Centineo saying “whoa whoa whoa whoa” and a hint that they’ve recast John Ambrose.

-It takes a lot for me to get excited about an ad, but Macaulay Culkin’s Home Alone parody for Google is all kinds of perfect. Is he building momentum for a return to the spotlight?

Marisa Tomei and Amber Tamblyn attended Harvey Weinstein‘s court hearing today.

Jennifer Lopez‘s impression of BFF Leah Remini is on point.

Samantha Bee enlisted Olivia Munn, Molly Ringwald, Matthew Broderick, Patton Oswalt, Jonathan Van Ness and more for her parody of a 80s charity Christmas single.

-In a new interview, Jon Bernthal reveals that he had to drop out of First Man when his then-2-year-old daughter Adeline had a seizure and fell into a coma.

Travis Scott is rumoured to be joining Maroon 5 at the Super Bowl. But why tho?

-Need an excuse to escape your fam this holiday season? We might be getting a surpries Black Mirror movie by the end of the month.

-Nearly 1 in 2 Canadians under 30 don’t pay for cable. Everyone at my office ridiculed the 50% that still do, so I feel super old.

-Jesus F Murphy networks, maybe *don’t* make fun of the fandom that put your tiny network on the map?

-The trailer for the final season of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is all about Titus, which is always a good thing.

This writer attempted to live like Reese Witherspoon for a week. It did not go well.

-Here’s the new trailer for the heaven-set workplace comedy Miracle Workers, starring Daniel Radcliffe as an angel and Steve Buscemi as God.

-Don’t ask the kids from Stranger Things to wrap your holiday gifts for you. They suck at it.

-I dropped off of It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia ages ago, but I finally caught the dance sequence that everyone was talking about. Wow. No wonder it keeps making best episodes of the year lists.

-I’m not sure I’m 100% sold on the Men In Black trailer like everyone else seems to be, but I appreciate a) the use of Fergie‘s “London Bridge” because that is an underappreciated bop, b) the shot of Chris Hemsworth holding a tiny hammer, and c) Tessa Thompson shamelessly flirting with Emma Thompson because same girl.

Will Smith’s Genie Fails to Impress

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-EW has our first look at Guy Ritchie’s Aladdin, and the internet is not impressed. Will Smith tried to calm fans’ fears, explaining in a Facebook post that his character will be blue in the final film, and that the images in the EW issue show the Genie in his human disguise.

Eliza Dushku penned an explosive response to her allegations of sexual harassment by Bull star Michael Weatherly, accusing him and showrunner Glenn Gordon Caron of pushing a “deceptive” narrative and retaliating against her for “simply asking to do my job without relentless sexual harassment.” Her description of Weatherly’s carefully planned humiliation of her during a champagne toast is especially gross.

-Why is CBS even hesitating on a salary bump for the stars of Mom? That network cannot afford to lose its only female-focused show these days.

-Also, most of CBS’ management remains in place, despite a year of insane misconduct allegations.

-SMILF creator Frankie Shaw has been cleared in an internal investigation by ABC Studios after allegations she ran a toxic set.

-Meanwhile, this is a good thread on a showrunner’s responsibilities when it comes to sex scenes. I don’t know any other industry where someone is allowed to be in charge of that many people, but given zero management training.

Meaghan Markle reportedly stopped Queen Elizabeth and her staff from intervening when her dad started misbehaving in the press.

Josh Henderson won’t be facing burglary charges after authorities declined to prosecute the case due to “insufficient evidence.” He insisted it was a case of mistake identity and he was not in the grainy surveillance footage from his neighbor’s break in.

-This James Corden bit with Emily Blunt and Lin Manuel-Miranda performing 22(!) musical numbers in 12 minutes is insane.

-Disney is teasing that they may revive Marvel’s Netflix shows. I don’t believe them.

-The Timeless 2-hour movie airs tomorrow night, and critics who got screeners LOVE it.

-The writers behind SNL’s Weezer sketch with Matt Damon explain how it came to be.

-The season 6 Drunk History trailer features Evan Rachel Wood, Seth Rogen, Elijah Wood, Jack McBrayer, Amandla Stenberg and Will Ferrell.

Sandra Bullock‘s solution to the Oscars not having a host is kind of brilliant: random actors should be pulled out of the audience to cover a segment of the show. Organizers “don’t even have to tell them it’s happening, just put up the teleprompter, and go, ‘It’s your turn. You’re an actor, figure it out.'”

Rachel McAdams wears Versace while pumping breast milk in her new photo shoot.

Janelle Monae talks about how speaking candidly about her sexuality in the media has made her “uncomfortable” but explained “I’ve always been a private person. But when you make art that’s so personal, folks wonder how much of this is your real life versus the concept.”

-The Family Stone is one of those movies I didn’t like when it first came out, but find myself getting sucked into it every year. So I very much appreciated Sarah Jessica Parker’s deep-dive into the making of it.

-Here’s the first trailer for Hellboy featuring Stranger Things’ star David Harbour as the titular hero.

 

Emily Blunt and John Krasinski Reflect On Their Big Year

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-I’m not quite sure why the Hollywood Reporter opted to do a joint interview with Emily Blunt and John Krasinski. She’s promoting Mary Poppins and he’s promoting — the second season of his Amazon show that doesn’t yet have a release date? Maybe? Also, out of all the photos, the cover is my least favourite. (How could they not choose the coat one!?!) Still, they’re pretty damn adorable together. She calls him Kras!

-The best part about Cardi B’s Carpool Karaoke segment is that there were no surprise interruptions by Offset (followed by her flirting with senior citizens).

-Aww man, Penny Marshall passed away at 75. Celebs are tweeting their memories and condolences. Time for a rewatch of A League of Their Own!

-Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels is reportedly sending Pete Davidson to get help following his suicide scare over the weekend.

Oprah has jumped on the Black Panther Oscar campaign. I approve!

Sandra Bullock has no interest in Oscar hosting. Can’t say I blame her.

-Meanwhile, Sandra’s outfits on her Bird Box press tour have been lit.

-According to Nielsen, the Roseanne reboot was the most-watched regularly scheduled TV program in 2018, with an average 19.9 million viewers over its run, followed by Sunday Night Football, Big Bang Theory, NCIS and This Is Us. Society is doomed.

Angelina Jolie penned an op-ed in The Economist, urging global leaders to act on the refugee crisis.

-This is a really interesting (and shade-filled!) look at why Divergent — which was supposed to be the next Hunger Games — flamed out so spectacularly.

-Man, everyone on my Twitter feed is obsessed with this Turkish show. OB.SESS.ED.

Lin Manuel-Miranda and Jimmy Fallon performed holiday parodies of the year’s hits and it was very cute.

-There’s no Doctor Who holiday special this year, so they made up for it with this animated short instead.

-This trailer for Scott Foley and Lauren Cohan‘s new ABC series is delightful!

-Netflix ordered more episodes of Sabrina, so I guess that’s a thing now.

Cate Blanchett stars in the Where’d You Go, Bernadette? trailer. I LOVED that book and this cast is very promising.